carrying u.n. ambassador to the united nations, he and susan rice were both seen as candidates to replace hillary clinton. he became the highest post as susan rice rescinded her name from the nomination. >>> the number of people killed after typhoon bofa slammed into the southern phillipines earlier this month has risen to more than 1,000, the high casualty rate attributed to the government's failure to distribute mats to residents. it forced hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate and more than 6 million people are in need of assistance. it's feared the number of dead will rise further as more than 800 people remain missing. they say the government failed to distribute hazard maps to the town that it drew up several years ago. they have asked the nation's parliament to launch an investigation. another typhoon hit the same island last december, killing 1,200 people. a second consecutive year of serious typhoon damage is fueling criticism of the government's lax anti-disaster measure. >>> next,